University of Missouri Students Pushing For More Power

Students are pushing bills in the legislature this year that would give a student member voting power on the Board of Curators and other college governing boards. The curators have gone on record as opposing the legislation. Maria Curtis is a student representative on the board. In testimony last week before a House committee, she said students should have a right to vote on issues of importance to them. But Steve Knorr, a university lobbyist, told the committee the curators believe students are already represented by the student member. The bills would also confer voting privileges on student members of other college governing boards.